Paper mailing-package.



G. B. EIT, DECD. w. P. HOLLI ADMINISTRATOR. PAPER MAILING PACKAGE. APPLICATION man ocr.1.1s1s.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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GEORGE .B. STREIT, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN; WILLIAM P. HOLLIDAY ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID STREIT, DECEASED.

PAPER MAILING-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 143;, 19116.

Application filed October 1, 1915. Serial No. 53,476.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE B. STRErr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of \Vayne, State of Michlgan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper Mailing-Packages, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, ref-' fusion and difiiculty in identifying thegoods named in the invoice or finding the invoice for the goods. It is also advantageous in the way of mailing advertising matter or a personal letter directly in connection with the sample, which is inclosed in the mailing package.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective of the mailing package, showing the cover before it is secured to the mailing package for closing the same. Fig. 2 is a view of the front face of the package when the cover has been secured to the same.

The package comprises side walls a, b and c which are provided with extensions cl, d which interlock, but inasmuch as the package is old and is not really a part of the improvement, it will not be necessary to describe this in full.

The package portion included in the walls a, b and 0 forms a box-like portion which serves as a carrier for articles or goods.

The improvement comprises the provision of means in one of the large faces of the package, and preferablv the cover 6, for carrying anenvelop as shown in the drawings. To this end I provide the cover 6 with a pair of slits 7 preferably longitudinal and which afford a strap 1. Above and below this pair of slits it is advisable to cut a pair of tongues it out of the cover to engage the top and bottom of the envelop as shown in Fig. 1. This gives support to the envelop on four edges. The strap g fits tightly over the envelop through the longitudinal center zone of the same, and securely presses the face of the envelop against the back of the vcover, leaving ex- .posed the longitudinal central portion of the face of the envelop on which is written the address. It will, therefore, be apparent that the one address on the envelop can be used to indicate the destination of the letter and also the destination of the package itself. The package should, be stamped in the usual place with the proper amount of postage for packages of this class, while the envelop should be stamped at the right of the longitudinal central portion so as to expose the stamp for canceling This stamp, of course, will have to be of a denomination equal to the regular governmental charges for mail of the class contained in the envelop.

An additional address can be written upon the face of the package itself as shown at 2', although this is not absolutely necessary, for rarely will it occur that the envelop and package become separated.

In using the term envelop I desire to be understood as also including the equivalent postcard which is often used by some concerns for communications or invoices.

What I claim is:

1. A paper mailing package havinga boxlike portion to serve as a carrier of goods and provided with one side having a pair of slits forming a strap calculated to fit over the back of an envelop containing a communication to hold the enveloptightly to the package but with that part of the face of the envelop containing the address and envelop stamp exposed.

2. A paper mailing package having a-boxlike portion to serve as a carrier of articles and provided with one side having a pair of slits forming a strap and having a second pair of slits forming tongues above and below the strap, the said strap being adapted to fit over the back of an envelop smaller than the slitted side of the package to hold the same to the package with a portion of the face of the envelop exposed, and the said tongues being arranged to engage the top and bottom of the envelop to aid in holding the envelop in' proper position.

3. A paper mailing package having a boxlike portion to serve as a carrier of goods and including acover portion which'may be secured to the main portion of the packageand which is provided with a pair of slitsforming a strap, the said slits being adapted to receive an envelop containing a. communication and inserted from the inside of the cover whereby the strap will bear tightly against the back of the envelop and hold the same securely to the cover andyet expose a portion of the face of the envelop;

4. A paper mailing package, comprisinga box-like portion to serve as a carrier of goods, arranged to bear a stamp whose denomination corresponds to the weight and classification of mailable matter to which the box-like portion and its contents belong,

v GEORGE B. STREIT. 

